Free Vegetable Plants
 
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Get Growing Victoria! Free Vegetable Plants for your Home 
Garden!

In response to the COVID-19 crisis,  LifeCycles and Farm to School BC have teamed up with the Greater Victoria School District to support the "Get Growing, Victoria!" program.  
From May 25 - June 11 we will be distributing FREE vegetable plants
and "How To Garden" resources to SD 61 families and staff. 

The plant selection includes
:
tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, lettuce, mustard greens, basil,
parsley, swiss chard, kale, delicata squash, and cabbage!

Educational information will be provided to support the growing of the plants.
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PLANT DISTRIBUTION SCHEDULE

There will be 12 dates when you can pick up plants. We will have approximately 1200 plants of mixed varieties available each day. Please bring your own box to carry your plants home in. We will be following COVID-19 safety and distancing protocols so bring along what you need to be comfortable if there is a line-up.    

This program is serving SD 61 families and staff so we ask that you do not promote it to others outside of the school community.

For details on when and where to pick-up plants, please see the schedule below:

 

 

 

Central Middle School

10:00 - Noon - Food Hub Families Only 
1:00 - 4:00 - All SD Families and Staff

Monday, May 25
Monday, June 1
Monday, June 8

Lansdowne Middle School

10:00 - Noon - Food Hub Families Only 
1:00 - 4:00 - All SD Families and Staff

Tuesday, May 26
Tuesday, June 2
Tuesday, June 9

Esquimalt Secondary

10:00 - Noon - Food Hub Families Only 
1:00 - 4:00 - All SD Families and Staff

Wednesday, May 27
Wednesday, June 3
Wednesday, June 10

Reynolds Secondary

10:00 - Noon - Food Hub Families Only 
1:00 - 4:00 - All SD Families and Staff

Thursday, May 28
Thursday, June 4
Thursday, June 11

 

 

 

More About the Project:

This new initiative is operated by the City of Victoria‘s 'Growing in the City' program and aims to grow and distribute vegetable and herb seedlings to people who have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic.  This project aims to support more people in learning to grow food at home and to experience the numerous health benefits of gardening. 
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In April 2020, City Council directed  staff to temporarily reprioritize the municipal nursery and greenhouses for the growth and distribution of food plants to be shared over the 2020 growing season. Using existing Parks nursery operations, as many as 75,000 edible plant starts will be grown this year.  

This program provides a selection of the top 16 vegetable and herb starts for easy growing for the novice gardener, and suitable for a variety of locations, such as garden beds in yards, or container gardening on decks or balconies.

If you have any questions, please contact:
Marcus Lobb: capitalregion@farmtoschoolbc.ca

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